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πŸ“» Laddie on @sportsnet650.bsky.social‬ (weekday mornings 6–9am) πŸŽ™ Play-by-Play Announcer – Delta Ice Hawks πŸ₯… Goaltending Coach/Scout/Analyst/Nerd πŸ“ Hockey Writer (prev: InGoal Magazine, Elite Prospects) ⚾️ Lifelong Blue Jays fanatic

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That’s gonna kill them in the playoffs if they don’t smarten up

13.03.2026 03:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The "follow anything and everything about a certain topic I love" approach doesn't really work anymore. Leaves you too susceptible to misinfo and scammers. Shrinking things down and vetting the content extremely well is the only way now.

13.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell (Official Music Video)
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hornt up Kacey Musgraves time www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nloh...

12.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 16

Bringing big β€œDad that falls asleep before daughter at bedtime reading” energy these days πŸ₯±

12.03.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is terrible for Yariel’s confidence, but tremendous for Canada

11.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stop putting Frank in a box

26.02.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Having a competitive local professional league helps

26.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Korea made the final in 09, they clear us by a long shot

26.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hour 2 Seg 1 today

25.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Team Canada could have used these guys

23.02.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I was getting over a cold and on the tail end of 15 hours of broadcasting over 2 days, but that wasn't stopping me from delivering the call for this wonderful moment in Delta Ice Hawks history last night

22.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

MacKinnon 5 mins after he got off the ice:

22.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Beers for life to whoever scores the next goal 🍻

22.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think I will ever be able to replicate the noise I made when MacKinnon missed that wide open net

22.02.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tie game heading to the third…

22.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what happens when you share your facility with the Rays

22.02.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think I'll ever have that issue tbh. Insane hair genes on my mom's side.

21.02.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s an absolute moonshot from David Krahn as the T-Birds ended up winning the second game by a 9-1 score

21.02.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Baseball in February? In Canada?!

Almost time for the 2nd half of a doubleheader between UBC and Lewis-Clark State.

I can’t feel my hands and I’m in a warmed booth, I can’t imagine being a pitcher today.

20.02.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Turf isn’t enough!

20.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m on the mic for the UBC men’s baseball home opener today, so, naturally, the temp has dipped below freezing

20.02.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why the hell aren’t they making another Fallout game to release while the TV show is popular? Gonna be another 8-10 years, and the show will be an afterthought by the time we get it.

20.02.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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20.02.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Try and read the release of the shot like a normal human, and if you see a tip coming, get as close to the tipper as you can before it's too late. Much less fun than being able to see into the future.

19.02.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I interviewed Dominik Hasek's Sabres goalie coach once and he told me that Hasek would play sequences out in his head before they would happen, and set up where he thought deflections would take the puck. He could read point shots off shin pads and be sitting/waiting for the puck to hit him.

19.02.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reacting and stopping a deflection from 5 feet away? Now that's some real superhuman shit.

19.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s also just the nature of the position. You’re not physically battling for position (unless the ref sucks) as a goalie most of the time. Size gives you more room for error, but it isn’t everything.

19.02.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Emerance Maschmeyer and Shannon Szabados (amongst others) played in high-level men’s junior hockey leagues growing up. You don’t really see that with skaters unless their name is Wickenheiser.

19.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Variety of reasons. Part of it is that the goaltending is so good. The top women all train with the men at goalie schools, so they get the same top-notch coaching, and more importantly, are facing NHL-level shots.

19.02.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Scoring is much lower in the women’s game. Every little advantage helps.

19.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0